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(machinery whines)
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(footsteps thud)
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- Today we're conducting a
aerial reaction force exercise
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with Task Force Liberty.
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They're a aviation task force.
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Level one is to exercise
our notification process
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all the way to the planning process.
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Level two, we do the same
thing we do on level one,
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except we get into the aircraft
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and then we do (mumbles) training.
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And level three, we fly away
and we continue the exercise
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as if we were conducting an
aerial reaction force entry.
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- So I'm a flight engineer
on the Shinook, here.
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Basically we start out as a mechanic,
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and then if we qualify to go to the board,
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we go to Flight Platoon and
then you're Recruit Chief.
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And then you progress to flight engineer.
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And the flight engineer
basically is the supervisor
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of the crew members in the back.
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The RFX basically for the guys is so
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they can run onto the aircraft
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and we're already gonna be ready to go
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and then we just take off from there.
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So our objective is to
be at a ready status,
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so as soon as they get
here, they can just hop on,
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we can leave.
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(shouts)
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- This provides training to
the riflemen on the ground,
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all the way to the
strike cell, that's CJTF.
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Concurrent training for at every level
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to ensure that
(grunts)
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when the commander needs
an aerial reaction force,
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we are trained, we've all worked together,
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and we know what to deliver.
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I think we don't have the luxury
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to work with so many different units
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in different countries back home.
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I'm jealous that after my time
here I will no longer have
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the opportunity to do that.
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(machinery hums)
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- It's really cool to see the
different MOSs come together
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in a situation like this
(chopper whirs)
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to where we can actually
benefit from each-other's job
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and then complete the mission together
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(chopper whirs)